Chinese Juggernaut Alibaba Is Building An Android-Killer

Alibaba Group, one of the most powerful Chinese internet
companies, is building its own mobile operating system, the
Journal reports.

This is an unusual move for Alibaba, which is mostly an
e-commerce destination. But if Amazon is building app stores...

The OS will be "cloud-based" with most applications in the cloud
instead of having to be downloaded. And even though it will
initially launched in China, Alibaba doesn't rule out rolling it
out elsewhere, the Journal's source says.

It's hard to overestimate how powerful Alibaba is, and how big
and important the Chinese market is, so this is worth paying
attention to.